VICTORIA – In acknowledgement of International Missing Children’s Day, May 25th, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth is calling on “the diverse systems of care” to do more to prevent and better support young people who are lost, fleeing and missing from government care. “The government has made some significant improvements since my office completed […]
Victoria – A fierce warrior for children, youth and their families was honoured last week by the Janusz Korczak Association of Canada and the Representative for Children and Youth of B.C. during a ceremony at Government House. Hereditary Chief Mary Teegee, who carries the name Maaxswxw Gibuu, received the Janusz Korczak Medal for Children’s Rights […]
Increasing poverty rates, deepening vulnerabilities of children heading into kindergarten and an inability to access affordable childcare are preventing B.C. young people from thriving, says the province’s Representative for Children and Youth. “We are seeing recent results of three separate surveys that tell us very clearly that many kids in this province are not ok,” […]
VICTORIA – B.C.’s provincial budget is not going far enough in addressing the urgent needs of children and youth in the province, says B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth. “While I am encouraged by some of the commitments that government made today, I continue to be disappointed that the acute needs of B.C.’s most vulnerable […]
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